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suneanarab
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 12:38:43 PM
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if you were thinking of running a show and donating to procedes to a charity/ies which would you choose?
we are thinking about running a show in doncaster next year and the obvious is the ilph who already have asked us to put one of their collection tins on our stall. i'm not sure whether i want to do this or not. not coz i don't want to collect for them, but from a security point of view.
any ideas?
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Pasha
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Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 2:01:31 PM
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All charities do a wonderful job so I would suggest picking one close to your heart or local to you? We have 'Foal Farm' animal rescue down our road so if it was up to me I'd say pick them!
The other charity which tugs at my heart strings is the Brooke Hospital - you could maybe invite them to bring their stand down? (they sell donated items to raise money.
If you didn't want to have collecting tins floating around, you could always add a £1 onto the entry fees (or ask for a donation on the entry form) to give to them? |
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dassa23
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England
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Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 2:15:51 PM
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I am a Fundraiser for a local charity here on the IOW, you can get collecting tins with chains on if you are worried about its secuurity. Or as Pasha says, include it on the entry forms.
You could possibly donate the refreshment takings, or charge a donation for the car park??  |
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Smiler
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England
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Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 2:34:54 PM
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| i also (use) to help fundraise for a low charity prob the same one dont have enough time at the moment , but i have always rescued animals in need mainly rabbits 20/30 rabbits dont cost as much to keep as arabs other wise i would have loads not just one or two rescued horses also space is a problem , just wondering of any ideas on fundraising for small people like me do any of you enter photo shows or would you ? anyone with fun ideas im not registered but i am working on it , by the way im not hinting about my rescue but would like any in put on raiseing funds thanx |
   
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Pasha
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England
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Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 2:50:56 PM
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I think one of the easiest ways for people to help charities is to donate unwanted items (books, dvds, cds, clothes, ornaments etc) for them to sell... smiler maybe you could ask for donations then take them to a local boot sale? It would be a hard day's work but potentially very profitable
Other ways could be to ask local businesses, shops etc to be patrons for the year - they could have collecting tins in the shop, donate money themselves, organise a staff fundraiser?
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Smiler
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England
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Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 3:14:42 PM
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| good idea , also do you know what a patron intails do they help you financialy / what else do they do bear in mind im not registered yet would people be willing to be a patron ? collecting stuff to sell is a good idea also horsey items think i will make posters up any donations would be appriecated thanx for input any other sugestions ? |
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JMRT
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England
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Posted - 26 Jun 2006 : 3:32:08 PM
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If you are doing a show for Charity then the world famous Dorringtons Stables Huntingdon ran their august bank holiday show for different charities for over 12 years. Each class was sponsored by a local business and with nearly 60 classes they made a lot of money for different charities. Each year they would do it for a different charity ie guide dogs for one year and the following year a horse charity. They invited the charity along to have a stand to sell extra goodies. Even the refreshment stand gave a donation as well as the ice cream van that came.
There was always a big write up in the papers far & wide and alsway a presentation of the cheque. |
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suneanarab
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 27 Jun 2006 : 3:07:12 PM
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uuummmm, some good ideas there guys, thanks.
i've been giving this alot of thought over the last couple of months. i have a new venture that i can't mention on here and have been thinking of donation some of the procedes from that as well. but have a slight problem. while i think that any charity that has anything to do with rescue horses is doing a great job, i also feel that certain areas are lacking in funding.
now don't get me wrong here, i don't want to set up my own charity in anyway as really don't have the time with everything else that i do. but with the type of training i do i often find that horses who need my kind of training are often owned by people who can't afford to pay for it. i do my bit by asessing the situation and working accordingly. now i know that the thoroughbred reabilitation center do a great job for the tb's and they are one of my potential charities to sponsor. however, this still doesn't help those who really need training but can't afford it.
it's not just horses that i find in this situation, i get riders who are the same. there are some really tallented people out there who can't afford to train at the level they deserve to be at because they can't afford to. do you think it's just to much hassle to have a chartity that is soley for retraining and education? or just no-one else think about it? or have i missed something?
i know that you can get certain funding through colleges and stuff but only for courses that they run. i also know that the lottery can help but i also know that this is few and far between. is there anyone doing anything about it??
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katefox1812
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Posted - 29 Jun 2006 : 7:30:02 PM
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There's another thread just started by Cazza about setting up a rescue charity. |
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nikki
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Posted - 30 Jun 2006 : 11:15:21 AM
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haveing an ex-arab race mare, who is impossible to mount from the ground, on my own. Led me to thinking about all the ex-arab racehorses, o.k not on the scale of tb's, but....
Suzanne, i think a cahrity to help riders and their horses is a really good idea.
If my mare was in a different home, she could of really of been misunderstood. |
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suneanarab
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Jul 2006 : 10:17:59 AM
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uummm this is my point. so many of the horses that i have delt with in the past have been owned by people on small budgets. the horse has been bought usually coz it was cheap and having a problem that made it so whether the new buyer was told about it or not.
the trouble is that i can't say no to a horse in need of help and often end up training at my own expence or at cost. but with everything else i have on i don't have time to run a charity as well. i do think though that it would be a great idea for someone else with time to take on. |
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madmare
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Posted - 01 Jul 2006 : 2:52:51 PM
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| There is another new charity that has just been set up. Primarily to help disabled riders to keep riding. I know RDA centres do a great job, but those riders who have suffered some form of disablilty and cannot get through to the RDA schemes are begining to give up in droves. The Monty Fund exists so that disabled riders can have modifications made to their stables (be it at home or wherever they have a horse) and the fund will (within reason) contribute to thecost. In some cases it can be the little things, lowering a light switch, or installing a ramp for a wheelcahir, but sometimes there are bigger projects to tackle. At the moment we are raising funds for a lady in Wales to have major modifications made to her stables to enable her to carry on doing what she has always done. This lady has not asked us for this help, but was brought to the funds attention by a group of friends who expressed their concern that she would have to give up her horses. We are tryingto help her, she was born with a congenital complaint and it has been made worse by invasive surgery over the years. she has never complained, or asked 'why me' but has got on with her life. She has trained her two welshies to walk quietly beside her mobility scooter (and how many of us would try that with our horses) she mucks out the stables on crutches (go on try it, I did and gave up after 5 minutes) so if any of you are considering trying to raise money for a charity then please can you consider the Monty Fund as a possible focus of your efforts. Sorry its a long post. |
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